The first episode of V.2 recounts the story of Aaron Gawain, a werewolf. At the age of sixteen, Aaron is rescued from his alcoholic, abusive father by a strange gentleman named Nebiros and taken to his castle to live with him. Though treated with kindness and care, Aaron is virtually a prisoner at the castle which is guarded by a horde of she-wolves at all times. As time passes, Aaron develops a feeling of love towards his captor. One day in Nebiros' absence, however, a jealous she-wolf tricks Aaron out of the castle, and attacks him. Nebiros appears just in time to save Aaron's life, but abandons him forever for his betrayal. Bitten by the she-wolf, Aaron, too, is now doomed to the fate of a werewolf: he turns into a wolf on the fifteenth of each month and roams around the city killing everyone in sight. Aaron decides to work at the Tarot Cafe as an assistant while looking for the solution to his problem. In the next episode, we learn more about our main character, Pamela. Pamela was born more than 700 years ago in Scotland. Her mother, a gifted medicine woman and a tarot card reader herself, foresees that Pamela's ability to predict future will jeopardize her life, and makes a pact with the devil who promises eternal life for Pamela. Soon thereafter, Pamela's mother is accused of witchcraft and burned at the stakes, but young Pamela's life is spared. Abandoned in the forest where she must fend for herself, Pamela meets Ash, her future lover, mentor and protector...700 years later, in the present day, Pamela encounters reincarnated Ash, being pursued by a gang of thugs. The thugs, who call themselves Albigensian Crusaders, eventually kidnap Pamela and Ash and subject them to a secret witch trial. Pamela and Ash are saved from certain death by Pamela's friend Belous...
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Prettier people; actual plot.,
By tami "pinkboxcutter" (chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Tarot Cafe Vol. 2 (Paperback)
The first volume of "Tarot Cafe" was a worthy buy, being beautiful, intriguing, and charismatically enigmatic...but a instead of having a solid plot, there was a collection of mini-stories. These short tales centered around troubled supernatural creatures, such as a form-shifting cat, a vampire, and a fairy. Due to thier time in the angsty spotlight, Pamela, the main character,was shunted to the side.
The first half of the second book follows this formula, somewhat. The story on the Alchemist and his jester is finished up most satisfactorily, and from there the actual continual storyline is approached. You hear the story of a werewolf boy who is wandering aimlessly, and how his personal heartbreak lead him to the Tarot Cafe to be Pamela's assistent; Aaron is the new permanent character in addition to Pamela and Belius, it seems. Then the really big stuff happens; after you meet Ash, a young man fleeing murderous religious fanatics,the book makes a sharp turn and delves into Pamela's past.The conclusions to each "episode" spark more questions than they answer; there's much more to Belius and Ash than what is first implied. There were a few things that I noticed and didn't like so much.The part on Pamela's past, while able to raise an eyebrow, can be a bit confusing and overlapped at times, and needs to be read over to be understood. There's a big chunk of it that's generalized in two pages, although it appears as if it will gone over in detail in a later book. Also, the tarot cards' meanings are always explained in a way that allows the reader to make inferences, but as there are many cards you have to slow down and read all of them, thus making you depart from the story. The new characters are even more lovely than the ones before. Ash, Aaron, and Nebiros (the big three newbies) are all males, but you get that impression that Pamela is more masculine than two of them. (I'll let you find out which two.) Not only are they very, very pretty (which is actually kind of sweet.) but they're victimized- a lot. And they're all involved in some shounen-ai, which isn't bad, but it'd be nice to see some masculinity in the guys-other than the alchemist, there are a lot of femme guys in the series. I like that most of the time, but there can always be too much of anything. The departure from the Les Bijoux style is as obvious as ever-but you see a little bit of Sang's earlier style (which is far more realistic) in Ash. Also, the stories definitely branch into more depth with a number of metaphors and references to mythology and fairytales. All in all, Tarot cafe is dark, stylish fun, and you'll definitely want to pick up number 3 after reading 2.
5.0 out of 5 stars
For the Manga people,
This review is from: The Tarot Cafe Vol. 2 (Paperback)
This book was great read it all in one day in under an hour as I can do most manga >_< it was great. I would not recommend it to anyone who can't see dark sides to things as this book has its light sides but also its dark as does the entire series I'm guessing as haven't read the entire series yet. It's not real dark and gory or nothing just has some dark to it not dark dark but still sort of dark side. I'm not much of a dark sided person but the first two have just drawn me in so its not incredibly dark just one part or two parts of a person being whipped might not be for everyone. Great art style and character creation. Love the 1st and 2nd books might get third later on down the road when got the money.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Eye Candy With Spirit,
By Some Art Student (Chicago) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Tarot Cafe Vol. 2 (Paperback)
It's pretty easy to find meaningless, boring pretty manga in any bookstore now. And to tell you the truth, they're a dime a dozen. Yawn. Boring.
But, Tarot Cafe actually held my attention. It's wonderful. The illustration quality is unbeatable. I'm so sick of all these cheap quality comics with scratchy pen style doodles that a grade schooler with a How To Draw Manga book could turn out. I require both beauty and plot in a manga and this title is one of the few that can deliver. The depth of screentoning is amazing, the characters are well rendered and over all, quite unique. They're pretty, sure, but not because they've simply got big eyes and weird hair. The story starts out all over the place and eventually begins to get pieced together. This series is to be read in order and be prepared to read them all. I'm always more impressed with the last issue after I've finished the latest.
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